Ballindrait, Co. Donegal scores 52/100 for quality of life, #94 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €154,000 (most €87,500–€193,750), it scores 71/100 for safety (44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 100 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
Ranked on quality of life alone — cost of living excluded, so the genuinely best areas rank top even though they cost more. Factor in price and Ballindrait is #85 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
100 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Ballindrait, Co. Donegal, scores 52/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #94 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Ballindrait scores 71/100 on safety, ~44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballindrait over the last 24 months was €154,000, most between €87,500 and €193,750 (Property Price Register).
Ballindrait is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 31% → 20% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
2 planning applications were lodged within Ballindrait in the last 12 months (5 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballindrait scores 75/100 for families and community.
Ballindrait scores 31/100 for schools and education.
Ballindrait is about 176 minutes by road from Dublin.
Sale prices from the Property Price Register (rolling 24 months). Quality of Life averages seven equal-weighted dimensions from 40+ metrics across 13 public datasets (CSO census + SAPS, Garda crime, SEAI, EPA, DES schools, GTFS). Population is CSO Census 2022; the “on the up” trajectory compares 2016→2022. Figures refresh daily · an area assessment, not advice on a specific property. Updated August 2026.